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| Thread ID: 137690 | 2014-08-08 03:58:00 | Are the police allowed to speed? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1381172 | 2014-08-08 03:58:00 | Last week we were driving along a city road when we heard a siren coming up behind us so we pulled over as you should. A police car passed us at a speed we would estimate to be 80 to 100kph. Is that legal? Or are the police a law unto themselves? I understand that ambulances are not allowed to speed and perhaps fire engines as well. So how do the police get away with it? Because no one says anything, or are they permitted to travel at what are very dangerous speeds in the city? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1381173 | 2014-08-08 04:08:00 | It is only dangerous when the peasants do it. As long as the Police involved are members in good standing of the National Party, sweet as. (Note: For the purpose of this rule a person in the car not being a Member of Te Nats is entitled to a seat in the speeding car under the coat-tail rule.) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1381174 | 2014-08-08 04:34:00 | Afaik they can, when attending a call etc. Hardly a 'law unto themselves', more like enabling them to do their job. I would have thought ambulances and fire engines would be able to as well. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1381175 | 2014-08-08 04:51:00 | Yes they are. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1381176 | 2014-08-08 04:52:00 | Last week we were driving along a city road when we heard a siren coming up behind us so we pulled over as you should. A police car passed us at a speed we would estimate to be 80 to 100kph. Is that legal? Or are the police a law unto themselves? I understand that ambulances are not allowed to speed and perhaps fire engines as well. So how do the police get away with it? Because no one says anything, or are they permitted to travel at what are very dangerous speeds in the city? They are not allowed to "speed" but are allowed to travel something like 30-40ks faster than the posted speed limit when heading to the scene of a crime or other emergency. There are a whole bunch of police regulations regarding how fast they can travel when in pursuit of another speeding car and under what conditions they can initiate a pursuit - mostly I think they just wait for the stupid idiots to crash and injure themselves before they turn up at the scene and mop up the mess. |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1381177 | 2014-08-08 05:18:00 | Perhaps if you were the one waiting for an urgent reponse from the Police you would not be so willing to criticise them?. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1381178 | 2014-08-08 06:00:00 | I understand that ambulances are not allowed to speed and perhaps fire engines as well. So how do the police get away with it? Because no one says anything, or are they permitted to travel at what are very dangerous speeds in the city? I reckon you'd change your tune pretty damned fast if you or a loved one was lying on the road in a pool of blood while an ambo cruised to the accident site at a leisurely 50kph, or your house was on fire and you were told the Brigade would be there as soon as they could, but the traffic queues are pretty bad today. Likewise if you'd called 111 because there was a maniac trying to beat down your door, but the Police despatcher said 'yeah mate, they'll be there in 15 if they get a good run of green lights and don't get pulled over for speeding! Let common sense reign............. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1381179 | 2014-08-08 07:50:00 | It's only reasonable that they are (or should be) allowed to speed in an emergency. Having said that, I do very often see Police cars 'speeding' at >60~70km along 50Km stretch of roads. It's quite obvious that they are not attending any emergency as there's no flashing light/siren. Boy-racers should join the Police force. :D |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1381180 | 2014-08-08 07:58:00 | I reckon you'd change your tune pretty damned fast if you or a loved one was lying on the road in a pool of blood while an ambo cruised to the accident site at a leisurely 50kph, or your house was on fire and you were told the Brigade would be there as soon as they could, but the traffic queues are pretty bad today. Likewise if you'd called 111 because there was a maniac trying to beat down your door, but the Police despatcher said 'yeah mate, they'll be there in 15 if they get a good run of green lights and don't get pulled over for speeding! Let common sense reign............. Cheers Billy 8-{) i've had it a couple of times where the firestation is 5 minutes down the road and no traffic but its taken 30min for them to get there (and they where almost beaten by the team from the next town). the other one was highly life threating and the police, AOS, dog squad took hours (probably one hour, seamed like more). if there is manic breaking down your door don't call the cops......RUN ! save your life then call the cops. also had the ambo (for me) go to the wrong road because he didn't look a the map. another 30min for another ambo to be sent. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1381181 | 2014-08-08 08:12:00 | I am sure if the Feld Polizei were speeding to help your mother or wife who had rung saying ******* were trying to kill them you would expect them to speed to them. the days of speeding to a burger joint are long gone because the vehicle is tracked by GPS. | prefect (6291) | ||
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